Container



March 23,1926. 1,577,683

M. BLOCK CONTAINER F'iled April 274, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 23 1926. 1,577,683 v v M. BLOCK CONTAINER .Filed April 27, 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2 .ZZ-g 3? J2 '/3/ Jaz/azi?.

' `tainers, and more particularly yto that class Patented Mier. 23, 1.926.

Unirse stares/rarest retenant BLocit, or SOUTH Bosroiv, raassacrrnsnrrs, resterannro AMERICAN' can Y COMPANY, or NEW Yoan, n. "La coaroaarron or New Jnnsrir.

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Appication filed April 27, 1921. VSerial No. 465,024.

T all wlw/m 'it may concer/n.' Y

Be it known that I', `lVlroHAnn BLooii, `a

citizen of the United States, residing in South Boston, inthe county of Suffolk `and State of ll/lassachusetts, have invented a `1iew` and useful Improvement in Containers, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates in 4generalto conof containersadapted'for the display of crackers orother contents, and having for that purpose glass sections in a side thereof.

ln theuse of such containers it often becomes necessary to` ship [them empty, as fromA a grocery toa baker, and it has been a common experience to have the glass fronts broken in transit.` c y It is a principal object of, my invention to provide means wherebyTv ftheglass section of the container fronjt'maybe raised inside the `container and held in' while being handled empty.

A nfurther object'of the invention is the" N l p l: K

' Referring to Figs.` 2and 3,' the internal arrangement of the container front may V,be

provision of means for accomplishing this purpose which add lbut slightly to the cost of the container and which do not in' any way detract from the pleasing appearance thereof, being both simple in construction and effective in service. Y

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent? as it is better understood from the following description, which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof. y

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is an elevational view of a front section of a container embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged elevation of the interior of the container front shown in Fig. l, and showing the retaining catch both in operative and raised positions, the latter being indicated in dotted lines.

Fig. 4c is an enlarged detail taken sub -stantially on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail taken substantially on line 5-5 of F ig. 3. p

Upon the drawings, which illustrate a 'Jreferred embodiment of the invention, I have shown a container' front 1l having therein a window or display glass 12 and an inset portion 13, designed. to lend attractiveprotected K position v ness tothe appearance ofthe containeiand the window permitting the display of the contents.. The front il is shown asintegral with the side wallsjland as'beingengaged Vby upturned .flanges lSand 16 in the bottom section. The top or cover of the container is hinged at the rear in a manner not shownv and has a depending front'flap 17, having a preferably formed from a single pieceof metal, in which casethe front and side walls are or maybe made of saidlsingle piece; and about the peripheries vthe inset portion 13 and ,the window l2 are rounded `edges`l9and 2l, which, with ahead or corrugation 22 stamped outwardlytin the lower part of thesection', are ,Y adapted. to4 add to theu sigl'itlmesslof tl'iekcontainei'.

observed. rlhe lower part 23 is arranged in the form of adoorhinged by means of alternate segmental beaded portions 2liV and 25 (Fig. 3) in the 'door and in the separate strip portion a, attached to the front, and having extending therethrough a rod or pin 26. In this door the glass sectionl2 is set, being held in place by overturned flanges 27 of the metalpart of the door. is normally held in its down or closedposition by means of upstanding projections 28 which are formed by indenting inwardly thel material of the container bot-tom, and are of such height as to permit the lower portion 29 of the door to be forced'past them to closed position and yet to be held firmly in that position, positive pressure being required to again force the door inwardly to permit movement of it to its protected po? sition. rlhe number and exact form of these projections is, of course, immaterial, it being merely essentialthat they be of such height as to provide proper frictional engagement with the door. c l

The retaining means em loyed at the top of the container will now oe described, particular attention being directed to Figs. 3

ande. A. wire member 3l isl pivotally se cured at one end beneath the guard or holding member 82 and has near the opposite The door i end a Ltshaped bend forming an .inwardly projecting catch 323 adapted to be projected behind the edge 29 of thc door when .it is raised to upper or protected position. The upper flange 34 o1C thc container 'front is turned to horizontalposition and the horizontal portion turned bacl; upon itsel't at- 35 and withinv a portion thereof is engaged a strengthening strip 3G extending around the line of bend between the vertical `front and the Vhorizontal flange. In this flange, and extending through both the folds thereof and the strengthening' strip 36 is an aperture through which the catch may be projected,V the member 3l being' so positioned with relation to this aperture that in torcing the catch 33 into operative position the front portion 37 of the catch comes into rather tight engagement with theside Wall of the aperture.

yet may be freely moved to land vfrom that position to Vengage or disengage the raised door at Will. lt Will be noted that this lre1- taining member is positioned beneath the container cover and is notvisible when the container is closed. lt, there-tore, does not in'any way mar the appearance o1 the container and is of such small size that even when projected into the interior thereof it does not decrease the capacity. Y

It is thought that the invention and inany of its attendant advantages Will be under-l ln this manner the catch is positively held in operative position and stood 'from the foregoing descrilition, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts Without departing` from the soirit and scope of the invention or sacrificingall or" its material advantages, the form hcreinbeitore described being)` merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

l. A display container having a wall formed with a display opening and a continuous closed portion, and a display'V section having a glass and hingedly connected with said Wall and swingable to a position behind said opening and to a protected po# sition behind said closed portion of the wall7 and means in the container and movable into and out of engagement with said Vdisplay section when the latter is in said protected Y position.

2. In a cracker or like container, ay display wall, a display' section hingedly connected with. .said Vall and sivingable inwardly from its display position to a protected position behind a solid section ot said Wall, means in the container and projectiblo through an aperture thereof for holding the display section in protected position and means integral With another Wall ot .said container.

for holding said display section in display v position.

MICHAEL BLocK. 

